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My boyfriend and I have picked up food poisoning (we assume), and while the worst of it is over, we still have high fevers and are pretty dehydrated. I'm looking for a hospital or clinic with English speaking doctors and not too far off from Western standards who can check us out and give us some fluids but hopefully not charge an insane amount as we stupidly did not purchase travel insurance. Any recommendations?

oh you are a little outside, but your should be able to avoid most of the center going to Ram. I would suggest buying ORS at any pharmacy and take one or 2 every day (packets of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy) All pharmacies have them, and the are very cheap (7-8 bhat a sachet). Also "activated charcoal" is good for the shits, and all Thai pharmacies have that too.

Hospitals here are going to be much cheaper, in general, than in the west. You're more likely to spend more on the medicine they give you than the actual check up. I would recommend going to an actual hospital, as Clinics can vary in their closeness to western standards. Some are really great, others have curio cases filled with pictures of dead relatives (hopefully not patients), model airplanes, and six grandfather clocks (none working) in the waiting area...I wish I was joking, but in one of those "I can outsmart the system" moments, I decided to use the clinic by my office to get my medical certificate filled out for my work visa, and this was the horror show I walked into...by the time I got to this room, I was too far into the process to leave. I did save about $8, but the fear of contracting hepatitis lingered for weeks.

Bonus to all of this is that they insisted on taking blood. No gloves were used. On the bright side, I don't have syphilis, so..you know, that's pretty great.

State hospitals offer generally very good quality care (well above most clinics) and cost next to nothing (50B doctor consultation, 300B if you need to see a specialist.) If you have the time to wait one or two hours, go to a state hospital. State hospitals are also by far the cheapest place to get drugs in Thailand.

I went to Loi Kro clinic (map) after getting a gastrointestinal infection and the doctor there spoke English well. They were busy so it was a very brief talk with the doctor but his diagnosis was correct and the medicines cleared me up. Seeing the doctor plus medication was around 300 baht. At least one of the receptionists speaks English too.

If you go to Ram hospital be sure to fill your prescription elsewhere as I've read they charge way over the standard amount for medicines.

I had to go to Suandok hospital emergency to get something taken out of my eye a week ago, and got excellent care. They saw me right away, the Dr took out the imbedded object digging into my cornea. She then prescribed antibiotic drops and ointment. Cured completely after 3 days - cost $55 US. Across from Sandock Wat.